IC 2934
IC 2934
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sd
56 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
12k ly
across
15.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 56 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2934 as it looked roughly 56 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 692Elliptical4.2 million ly
apartNGC 3684Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3681Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3686Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3596Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 2767Spiral6.1 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3684Barred spiral4.3 million ly
apartNGC 3681Barred spiral4.4 million ly
apartNGC 3686Barred spiral4.5 million ly
apartNGC 3596Spiral4.8 million ly
apartIC 2767Spiral6.1 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).